India, Jan. 22 -- Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said on Thursday that the Congress-led government in the state will consider moving the Supreme Court over the state's governor, Thaawarchand Gehlot, walking out of the state assembly after reading just two lines of his address to the legislature.

Gehlot on Wednesday had declined to deliver the customary address to the Karnataka legislature scheduled for Thursday, objecting to certain references to the Centre "repealing" the UPA-era MGNREGA.

The chief minister said the governor had violated the Constitution by not reading the full speech prepared by the government and had acted like a "puppet" in the hands of the central government.

Speaking to reporters, he said, "Every new year,...